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Assembly Bill A195A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to medical assistance coverage for medically tailored meals

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2021-A195 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1571
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9863
2019-2020: A2794, S3458
2023-2024: A7244, S4790
2025-2026: A7365, S1912

2021-A195 - Summary

Requires medical assistance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy for the purpose of disease management.

2021-A195 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    195
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DARLING -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medical  assist-
   ance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition ther-
   apy for the purpose of disease management

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social  services  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (gg) to read as follows:
   (GG)  MEDICALLY  TAILORED MEALS AND MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY. AS USED
 IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS AND MEDICAL NUTRITION THER-
 APY" MEANS NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT, NUTRITIONAL THERAPY, AND  NUTRITIONAL
 COUNSELING  PROVIDED BY A CERTIFIED DIETICIAN OR CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST,
 INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ANY FOOD INDICATED BY THE NUTRITIONAL ASSESS-
 MENT AND THE DELIVERY OF SUCH FOOD, ORDERED BY  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROFES-
 SIONAL  ACTING  WITHIN  HIS  OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE UNDER TITLE
 EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, FOR THE PURPOSE  OF  TREATING  ONE  OR  MORE
 CHRONIC CONDITIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED IN HIS OR HER ACTIV-
 ITIES  OF  DAILY  LIVING;  AND  PROVIDED THAT THERE IS FEDERAL FINANCIAL
 PARTICIPATION IN THE COSTS OF SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the  commissioner  of
 health  shall adopt regulations and take other actions reasonably neces-
 sary to implement this act on that date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00197-01-1

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2021-A195A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1571
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9863
2019-2020: A2794, S3458
2023-2024: A7244, S4790
2025-2026: A7365, S1912

2021-A195A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires medical assistance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy for the purpose of disease management.

2021-A195A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  195--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DARLING -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Ways  and
   Means  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to medical  assist-
   ance coverage for medically tailored meals and medical nutrition ther-
   apy for the purpose of disease management
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social  services  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (jj) to read as follows:
   (JJ)  MEDICALLY  TAILORED MEALS AND MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY. AS USED
 IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS AND MEDICAL NUTRITION THER-
 APY" MEANS NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT, NUTRITIONAL THERAPY, AND  NUTRITIONAL
 COUNSELING  PROVIDED BY A CERTIFIED DIETICIAN OR CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST,
 INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF ANY FOOD INDICATED BY THE NUTRITIONAL ASSESS-
 MENT AND THE DELIVERY OF SUCH FOOD, ORDERED BY  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROFES-
 SIONAL  ACTING  WITHIN  HIS  OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE UNDER TITLE
 EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, FOR THE PURPOSE  OF  TREATING  ONE  OR  MORE
 CHRONIC CONDITIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LIMITED IN HIS OR HER ACTIV-
 ITIES  OF  DAILY  LIVING;  AND  PROVIDED THAT THERE IS FEDERAL FINANCIAL
 PARTICIPATION IN THE COSTS OF SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the  commissioner  of
 health  shall adopt regulations and take other actions reasonably neces-
 sary to implement this act on that date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00197-03-1

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